TRICHOLiEM A HIRSIJTA. 
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(THE HAIRY-BREASTED BARBET). 
Pogonias hirsutus 
Pogonias hirsutus 
Pncholama flavipunctata 
Pricholama hirsutus 
Pavmodon hirsutus 
Pogonorhynchus hirsutus 
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Pogonias hirsutus 
. (1823) Swains, Zool. Illust. ii., 72. 
. (1850) Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, p. 145. 
(1855) Verr. Cab. Journ. Ornith. iii, p. 103. 
. (1855) Yerr. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. fig. 14 (Juv). 
(1860) Yerr. Cab. Journ. p.190. 
(1840) G. B. Gr, Gen. of Birds ii, p. 429. 
. (1857) Hartl., Syst. Ornith., W. Africa, p. 172. 
(1863) Goffin, Schleg., Mus. Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 11. 
. (1868) G. B. Gr, Cat. Brit. Mus., Capitonidse, p. 5. 
. (1869) B. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 386. 
T. 
supra niger ; dorso scapularibusque flavo-punctatis ; gutture nigro, subtus flaveseenti-sulphureo, nigro- 
Punctato. 
Juv. Pileo flavo-punctato, gutture albo nigro striato. 
Description. Adult. Head, neck, throat and upper parts of the body deep black ; a 
superciliary and a broad moustachial stripe, pure white ; the back and shoulders covered 
w ith small round sulphur-yellow spots, paler in some specimens and the wing-coverts, 
secondaries, rump, and upper tail-coverts, margined with the same colour ; the primaries 
*nd feathers of the tail are blackish brown. Under parts sulphur -yellow, the shafts of the 
breast feathers black, stiff, and elongated beyond the web (in some specimens more than 
an m ch), giving that peculiar hairy appearance from which the bird derives its name. The 
leathers of the abdomen, vent and lower tail-coverts, each with a round black spot, tipped 
U u ' ] yellow, and with a white bar across. 
Young Bird. The spots on the upper plumage are bright citron yellow, and extend 
0ver Ae head ; the black feathers of the throat are broadly margined with white, and the 
I’lack drops on the abdomen are larger, paler and less distinct. 
Bill dark leaden black, the gonys whitened in the immature bird. Irides red ; legs 
and f eet bluish black. 
